Selma Coalition for Equality and Change v. City of Selma (Edward C. Prado, W.D. Tex. 5:00-cv-498)
Unsuccessful candidates in a city council election filed a federal complaint alleging that election procedures had not been precleared pursuant to section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Two years later, a three-judge district court determined that remaining claims for how election officials were appointed were not section 5 violations. The court initially awarded the defendants attorney fees, but it denied fees on reconsideration because of the more rigorous standard for awarding fees to defendants in civil rights cases.
Subject: Voting procedures. Topics: Section 5 preclearance; three-judge court; attorney fees; poll locations.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.